All roads lead to the Hermosa Job Fair which starts at 9 a.m. today, Oct. 19 at the KCC East Wing in Gov. Camins. It will run until Oct. 20.

Close to 12,000 jobs will be up for grabs in the two-day job fair organized by the City Social Welfare and Development Office-Public Employment Service Office (CSWDO-PESO) in partnership with the Department of labor and Employment, Philippine Overseas Employment Agency, Technical Skills Development Authority and KCC.

The job fair is open for high school graduates, college graduates of any course, TESDA skills training graduates and other categories with ages 18 and above.

More or less 50 agencies – 35 local and 15 overseas are expected to participate in the annual job fair organized by the city as part of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. Of the total jobs that will be made available, 2,952 will be for local employment while 9,560 will be for placement abroad.

Applicants are advised to be in proper attire and to bring resume’ and other pertinent documents to present to the recruitment agencies.

To add color to the event, TESDA will be offering free massage, beauty care and haircut services while the Social Security System (SSS), Philhealth and PAG-IBIG fund will also provide registration services and updating of membership.

The job fair also forms part of the City Government’s program to help address employment problem in Zamboanga. (Sheila Covarrubias)